Olive Oil Cake? I know right? That is exactly what I said the first time I saw Olive Oil Cake on a menu at a local Spanish/Mediterranean restaurant. When you grow up in the South, olive oil is not a typical ingredient you would have in your kitchen. Southerners love […]
Desserts
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Lovely Lemon Meringue Squares
Lemon Meringue Pie has always been my favorite pie and my Grandmother made the very best Lemon Meringue Pie I have ever tasted. When I was a child, Lemon Meringue and Chocolate Meringue Pies were the two pies that graced the table on a regular basis. I remember walking into […]
Holiday Haystacks with White Chocolate, Cranberries & Pistachios
I can not believe that Christmas is right around the corner. I mean it seems like it was just Halloween and now Christmas is less than two weeks away. So much to do and so little time. That is why these super easy haystack cookies will appear on all of […]
Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Butter Mints
Recently at a family gathering we were discussing how simple weddings were years ago when you would have finger sandwiches, punch, peanuts and mints. When I was younger butter mints made an appearance at every party, wedding or baby shower. After talking about butter mints, I immediately began craving those […]
S’mores Pie (S’mores without a Bonfire)
S’mores!!!!! What makes you think of bonfires, camping and ooey gooey goodness more than a S’more. There is just something about that toasted marshmallow, melted Hershey chocolate and sweet graham cracker that is outrageously delicious. This pie takes all the components of the sweetest campfire snack and turns it into […]
Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
I had my children at a very young age (I had my daughter, Holly when I was 17 years old). At that time, my husband, Carl, was only making $5.00 an hour and I was a stay at home mom. Needless to say, funds were extremely tight. Even though we […]